How to decorate a window for the New Year?

Volumetric stars

This unusual decor looks spectacular in Scandinavian interiors, but huge stars can decorate not only an apartment, but also any public institution (kindergarten, school). Finished products with garlands inside can be purchased in the store or made by hand.

Take a look a selection of beautiful garlands from Ali.

To create you need thick paper, a pencil, scissors and adhesive material. Use a printable template or draw one yourself.

1. You need to cut five blanks,
2. make decorative holes (with scissors or a special hole punch),
3. fold them along the dotted lines
4. and fasten with tape or glue.

To make the stars shine, insert diode garlands inside that do not heat up.

Forest on the windowsill

This is a great option for those who do not have enough space for a large Christmas tree: a mini-forest can be arranged right on the window. Living Christmas trees in pots, homemade Christmas trees made of paper, wood, fabric or ceramics - such a composition will definitely create a festive mood. You can decorate with garlands or leave it intact.

Take a look examples of window sill decoration.

Garlands from natural materials

For lovers eco-style a decor of cones, dried orange slices and cinnamon sticks is suitable. Garlands will be a great addition to the New Year's decor, they will give a delicate pleasant aroma and a feeling of comfort.

To add variety, cones can be covered with paint, artificial snow, hang tags from craft paper, twigs.

How to make lemon or orange wedges:

• Fast way: dry in the oven on a baking sheet lined with baking paper (15 minutes at 150 degrees. Turn over and repeat the cycle).
• Long way: Place the slices between two pre-drilled cardboard pieces. Fix with clothespins and leave on a hot battery.

A few simple and very beautiful ideas for creating New Year's crafts from cones can be found in this video:

Fancy balls

A new use can be found for traditional Christmas balls by hanging them on curtain rod... Placed at different levels, the balls will look like floating in the air, and when the lamps are lit, they will flicker and sparkle. Such decoration should be abandoned if small children or cats live in the house, or use plastic shatterproof products.

To make the garland look harmonious, choose balls and ribbons that match in color.

City on the window

A small glowing city on the windowsill will awaken the feeling of a fairy tale and magic. The window can be turned into a real panoramic composition by placing houses made of cardboard, paper or ceramics in the foreground and complementing it with landscape applications on glass. It is worth hanging garlands of snowflakes or stars over the city.

It's easy to make houses yourself by downloading and printing templates, and then gluing the resulting blanks.

Snowfall

One of the most budgetary, simple and effective ways to decorate a window with your own hands is to make a snow garland of cotton wool. The snow-white material does not require any additional processing.

The basis for the craft is thin, but strong threads, which are suspended on a cornice or on a stronger twine. Can be replaced with transparent fishing line. Balls of different sizes should be made of cotton wool, strung on a thread with a needle and secured with drops of PVA glue on both sides of the ball.

We all remember the classic paper snowflakes glued to the windows. This decor looks too trite and flat. So that the work of cutting snowflakes is not wasted, hang them on thin threads, giving the garland volume and dynamics.

Magic candles

Adherents hygge have long appreciated all the charm of candles: they create an atmosphere of romance, comfort and warmth. Put several candlesticks on the windowsill, add a Christmas tree or a dish with tangerines to the composition - and the New Year's mood is guaranteed.

Use glass jars as candle holders for tealight holders. Decorate them with spray snow, leaving a small window, and a spruce twig.

Glass painting

Windows can be decorated with paints, depicting any plot on the surface of the glass.

• If the picture is supposed to be colored, ordinary gouache will do - it lays down in a dense layer and is easily washed off.
• You can use stencils and toothpaste with added water, as well as artificial snow. To depict a snowflake, stick it with soapy water on the glass and apply the chosen composition.
• A special marker with chalk-based ink is suitable for creating outline drawings.

Gouache is easy to rinse off with plain water, but make sure that no colored streaks fall on the frame. Use glass cleaner to remove toothpaste, fake snow and highlighter.

New Year's compositions

This option will appeal to creative people with unlimited imagination, since anything can serve as a material for creating a New Year's composition on the windowsill:

• figurines of animals (deer, birds) or New Year's characters (Santa Claus, Snow Maiden, gnomes);
• "gifts" in the form of small boxes pasted over with shiny paper;
• decorative lanterns;
• Christmas tree decorations and beads;
• glowing garlands.

The main rule when creating a festive "showcase" is to choose elements of different heights.

New Year's curtain tacks

The idea will appeal to those who want to decorate a window opening quickly and concisely. It is enough to purchase or make elegant ones on your own. tiebacks for curtains - and the New Year's atmosphere in the house will appear instantly. They will also be a great New Year's gift.

Combine the ideas described above, create unique compositions, use materials at hand to decorate the window - and the festive mood will not keep you waiting.